Door-mat holder.



No. 726,453. PATENTED APR 28, .1903. s. F. OLIVER.

DOOR MAT HOLDER. APPLIGATION FILED m. 6, 1003.

H0 MODEL.

Mart an Srarns ATIENT @rr'rcnt SAMUEL F. OLIVER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y,

DOOR h/lAT HOLDER.

rBTPECIFI-EGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,453, datedApril 28, 1903,

Application filed February 6, 1903. Serial No. 142,132. (No model.)

To (10% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL F. OLIVER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York city, borough of Brooklyn, New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Mat Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide simple and e'fficient means forholding a doormat adjacent to a door to prevent the same from beingreadily stolen; and to this end the invention comprises a flexibleconnection or chain, means for attaching the same to a doormat, a pin atthe end of the connection, and a keeper adapted to be attached to thedoorframe or door and to receive the pin in such manner so as to preventthe'same from being withdrawn from its keeper when the door is closed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming parthereof,wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a doorwayholding a mat attached thereto by means of my improvements. Fig. 2 is asection on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a substantially similarview showing the door open, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a pinand its keeper.

Similar numerals of reference indicate correspondingparts in the severalviews.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates a dor,and 2 part of theframe,all of wellknown construction, and 3 indicates a door-mat of anyusual form.

At 4 is indicated a chain or other suitable flexible connection adaptedto be attached to the door-mat, and for this purpose I have shown oneend of the chain as provided with a ring or eye 5, adapted to permit thepassage through it of the chain or connection t. To attach the chain orconnection to the mat, the chain is passed through a hole in the mat andthen through the ring or eye 5 in the form of a loop (see Fig. 2) anddrawn through nected at one end to said chain and. free" throughout therest of its length, and in the arrangement shown the pin is shownslotted or forked at 6 to receive part of a link of the chain, a pin orrivet 7 being passed through the forked ends of the pin 6 and throughthe link of the chain and secured or riveted. (See Fig. 4.)

At 8 is indicated a keeper for the pin 6, which is shown in the form ofa plate having its ends turned outwardly at 8 and provided with holes 8,which are alined, forming bearings adapted to receive the pin 6. Thekeeper 8 is shown provided with holes 8 to receive screws or nails forholding it to a support.

To use the mat-holder above described, the

keeper 8 is fastened to the door-frame close.

to the door, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, in such position that whenthe free part of the pin 6 is passed through the holes 8 of the keeperfrom the side next to the door and the door is closed, as in Fig. 2, thepin 6 will be kept from being removed or pushed back from the keeper,because the back end of the pin at its chain end will abut against thedoor, and thus while the pin is so attached 'to the keeper and the dooris closed the mat is securely retained and cannot be carried awaywithout injury to the holder or the mat. To release the mat, it ismerely necessary to open the door so that the pin 6 can be pulled backfrom the keeper, as indicated in Fig. 3, to permit the mat and its chaintogether to be removed. Instead of securing the keeper 8 to thedoor-frame it could be secured to the door-sill or door, and in thelatter event it would be placed so near the back edge of the door thatwhen the door is shut the pin 6 while in the keeper will abut againstthe frame 2, so as to prevent the pin from being withdrawn from thekeeper. By having the chain or connection attached to the inner or rearend of the pin 6 it will be seen that 4,5 the ring, as in Fig. 1, thusbinding the chain to the mat in loop form. This is a simple means toadjust the chain or connection to a corner of a door-mat, but the chaincould be otherwise attached.

At the free end of the chain or connection the pin can be readily passedinto the'keeper 5 while the chain hangs between the keeper and the door.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is- 1. An article of thecharacter described comprising a flexible connection, means forattaching the same to a mat, a pin attached to the free end of theconnection, and a keeper provided With holes forming hearings to receivesaid pin, substantially as described.

2. An article of the character described comprising a flexibleconnection, an eye at one end adapted to receive said connection forattaching the same to a door-mat, a pin secured at one end to the otherend of said connection and having its outer end free, and a keeperhaving bearings arranged to permit said pin to slide lengthwise thereinand adapted to be attached adjacent to a door or doorframe,substantially as described.

3. An article of the character described comprising a flexibleconnection, means for attaching the same to a mat, a pin attached

